all - Opinion Summaries

OVERTON DISTRIB., INC. v. HERITAGE BANK

Agriculture, Commercial Law
The district court erred in concluding that a supplier had preserved its statutory trust benefits pursuant to the provisions of the Perishable...

CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR INC. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Media Law
A preliminary injunction, enjoining the city from implementing ordinances that provide for the inspection of off-site billboards and the assessment of...

FARM CREDIT SERVS. OF AM. v. AM. STATE BANK

Banking Law, Commercial Law
Because the payable-through bank failed to comply with Regulation CC requirements (12 C.F.R. section 229.33(a)) and did not provide the depository...

METRO MOTORS v. NISSAN MOTOR CORP.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Remedies
Purposeful violation of the Minnesota Motor Vehicle Sale and Distribution Regulations Act, in breaching an exclusivity provision in a contract between...

ECKARD BRANDES, INC. v. RILEY

Commercial Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
An order that employees disgorge to their employer the profits from a competing business is affirmed, as the employer's claim represents a classic...

BGHA, LLC v. CITY OF UNIVERSAL CITY, TX

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A city had a substantial government interest in adopting an ordinance imposing various licensing and zoning regulations on sexually-oriented...

HARVEY BARNETT, INC. v. SHIDLER

Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Summary judgment was not appropriate on whether an "Infant Swimming Program," viewed comprehensively, was a trade secret under Colorado law; district...

COBURN SUPPLY CO., INC. v. KOHLER CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
An at-will, non-exclusive wholesale product distributor's breach of contract and negligent misrepresentation claims are not actionable under Texas...

RUBIE-S COSTUME CO. v. US

Commercial Law, International Trade
The Customs Service's classification of certain Halloween costumes as "festive articles" was persuasive and therefore must be granted deference under...

SERNA v. PETTEY LEACH TRUCKING, INC.

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a wrongful death action against an interstate motor carrier, the carrier, having undertaken an activity which can be lawfully carried on only under...